Women’s Tennis Drops a Heartbreaker to Chattanooga

Friday, March 19

Macon, Ga.

2:30 p.m.

Mercer University

Chattanooga

Women’s Tennis Drops a Heartbreaker to Chattanooga

3/19/2021 11:31:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Bears fall to the Mocs, 4-3

By: Travis Rae

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer women's tennis team hosted Chattanooga and were looking for their first Southern Conference victory of the season, but the Bears dropped a heartbreaker to the Chattanooga, 4-3.

In a highly contested doubles matches, the Bears took the early lead by taking No. 3 doubles. Lekha Varudandi and Kristin Yordanova won 7-5. However, the Bears dropped No. 1 doubles in a tiebreaker and No. 2 doubles to drop the doubles point.

The Bears tied the match at 1-1 as Yordanova took No. 6 singles, 6-3, 6-1 over Lilly Holmes. The next match done was No. 3 singles. In a three-set affair, the Mocs Polina Goloputova took set one, 7-5. Mary Courville bounced back and won set two, 6-1. The Mocs Goloputova clinched No. 3 singles with a 6-1 victory in the third set.

The Mocs lead grew to 3-1 after a win in No. 5 singles and they clinched the match with a win in No. 2 singles.

Maeva Roquebert got the second point for Mercer with a three-set win in No. 1 singles. She won the first set 6-3 before dropping set two, 6-3. In the third set, she won 6-4 to win the No. 1 singles flight. The last win for Mercer came in No. 4 singles, which also went three-sets. Lauren Rich followed Roquebert and won set one before falling in set two. Rich won the third set 6-4 to win No. 4 singles.

How It Happened
SINGLES (Order: 6, 3, 5, 2, 1, 4)
1. Maeva Roquebert def. Jessie Young, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
2. Emma Van Hee def. Alara Hollyfield, 6-2, 7-5
3. Polina Goloputova def. Mary Courville, 7-5, 1-6, 6-1
4. Lauren Rich def. Bogdana Zaporozhets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
5. Caroline Gibbens def. Lekha Varudandi, 6-4, 6-3
6. Kristin Yordanova def. Lilly Holmes, 6-3, 6-1

DOUBLES (Order: 3, 1, 2)
1. Emma Van Hee/Caroline Gibbens def. Maeva Roquebert/Mary Courville, 7-6 (5)
2. Bogdana Zaporozhets/Jessie Young def. Lauren Rich/Alara Hollyfield, 7-5
3. Lekha Varudandi/Kristin Yordanova def. Callie Billman/Wilma Bergqvist, 7-5

Up Next
The Bears return to action on Wednesday, March 24 when they travel to Statesboro, Ga. to face Georgia Southern. The match is set to start at 1 p.m.

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